Bengal BJP VP Majumder arrested for promising jobs against money to examinees

West Bengal police arrested the state BJP vice-president and spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumder on Saturday evening in connection with a cheating case.

The BJP leader was called to Bidhannagar North Police station and arrested after over eight hours of interrogation. Police have slapped Majumder with sections 420, 506 and 406 of the IPC relating to cheating, criminal breach of trust and intimidation.

Majumder is accused of taking Rs 7.2 lakh from examinees of teachers eligibility test (TET) for primary sections. According to a complaint by one Arup Roy in August, 2016, the BJP leader had promised to get the TET examinees jobs against the money.